2004 in Mexico

2004 in Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Vicente Fox
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez
Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón
Governors
Aguascalientes
Felipe González González , until August 25
Juan José León Rubio, Interim governor, August 25–November 30
Luis Armando Reynoso , starting December 1
Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía
Chihuahua
Patricio Martínez García , until October 3
José Reyes Baeza Terrazas , starting October 4
Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez
Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes , starting January 1
Durango
Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier , until September 14
Ismael Hernández , starting September 15
Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros
Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel
Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez
Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
Oaxaca
José Murat Casab , until November 30
Ulises Ruiz Ortiz , starting December 1
Puebla: Melquíades Morales
Querétaro
Ignacio Loyola Vera , until September 30
Francisco Garrido Patrón , starting October 1
Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz
San Luis Potosí
Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
Jesús Marcelo de los Santos , starting September 26
Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán , until December 31
Sonora: Eduardo Bours
Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz , starting January 1
Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington
Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
Veracruz
Miguel Alemán Velasco , until November 30
Fidel Herrera Beltrán , starting December 1
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Zacatecas
Ricardo Monreal , until September 11
Amalia García , starting September 12
Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Events
Videoscandals
The Desafuero of Manuel López Obrador
The Vallarta Botanical Gardens are founded.
The new Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca gets inaugurated.
The National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN is founded.
January 12–13: Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas
March 30: Ariel Award ceremony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
April 30: the Avena case is decided.
May 13: 2004 Mexican UFO incident
May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,
September 10–20: Hurricane Javier (2004)
September 11: Nuestra Belleza México 2004
December 26: 3 Mexicans are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Elections
2004 Chihuahua state election
2004 Durango state election
2004 Oaxaca state election
2004 Zacatecas state election
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Carlos Canseco González
Order of the Aztec Eagle
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
National Public Administration Prize
Ohtli Award
Nancy "Rusty" Barceló
Bob Menedez
Sport
Primera División de México Clausura 2004
Primera División de México Apertura 2004
2004 InterLiga
2004 Desafío Corona season
2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2004)
Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004 World Karate Championships in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
2004 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Baja California.
1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.
2004 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Coatzacoalcos
The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo, Búhos de Hermosillo, Vaqueros de Ixtlan CF and the Azucareros de Tezonapa are founded.
Deaths
February 17 – José López Portillo, 51st President of Mexico 1976-1982 (b. 1920)
August 18 — Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (b. 1936)
References
Years of the 21st century in Mexico
Mexico